means of persuasion

collocation in English

meaningsofmeansandpersuasion

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means
noun
uk
/miːnz/us
/miːnz/
a method or way of ...
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persuasion
noun
uk
/pəˈsweɪ.ʒən/us
/pɚˈsweɪ.ʒən/
the action of persuading someone or of ...
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(Definition ofmeansandpersuasionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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However, they do not deny that they are constructing an architectural aesthetic, and an aesthetic offered as exemplar is a means of persuasion.
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Aristotle (1984: 24) defined rhetoric as 'the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion'.
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It is reserved for more artful means of persuasion, which some compare with confidence tricks.
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Rhetoric as the art of judgment would mean the rhetor discerns the available means of persuasion with a choice.
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Employing only the means of persuasion at his disposal; his personal magnetism and his war chest.
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The means of persuasion was often extremely violent, a literal acting out of class struggle.
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Rhetoric was the ability to find the available means of persuasion in any instance.
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In his world, rhetoric is the art of discovering all available means of persuasion.
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How, for example, does one discover available means of persuasion?
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He reportedly had some peculiar means of persuasion and development that makes men win.
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The use of force is then a precedent to the failure of less direct means of persuasion.
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At the same time, many environmentalists have been turning toward other means of persuasion, such as working with business, community, and other partners to promote sustainable development.
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